Low Carb Keto Biscuits

These low carb keto biscuits are so tender and fluffy, you won’t believe they are flourless. They take less than 30 minutes to make and are gluten free, keto and low carb. I am really excited to share this biscuit recipe with you today. I’ve been testing them all week and trying my hardest not to gobble them all up.

Taste and Texture

These taste just like drop biscuits, similar to ones you might be served as an appetizer at a restaurant. They are soft and tender on the inside and flavored with cheese, garlic, onion powder.

Please don’t expect tall, flaky biscuits– because these are not that kind of biscuit.

Sour Cream Substitutions

The key to the tender and fluffy texture is the use of full fat sour cream. I actually tried a few different variations, but sour cream was my favorite.

However, if you don’t have any sour cream in the house, you can also use cream cheese or plain greek yogurt.

Cream cheese requires a little extra work because you need to soften and beat the cream cheese so that it blends easily into the batter. You will also have a stronger cheese flavor in the biscuits.

Plain Greek yogurt will reduce the fat content of these biscuits. It still keeps the biscuits moist, but they aren’t quite as rich as the sour cream or cream cheese versions.

Variations

The recipe today is for savory cheese biscuits. But you can easily make variations by adding herbs (rosemary, chives, thyme, parsley are all great options) to the batter or swapping the cheddar cheese for a different cheese.

Baking Tips

It’s best to bake these in a muffin pan because the batter is very wet and will spread out too much if you try to bake them free form on a baking sheet.

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Low Carb Keto Biscuits

Prep Time:10minutes

Cook Time:10minutes

Total Time:20minutes

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Servings:9biscuits

These tender, soft drop biscuits are ready in less than 30 minutes. You won't miss the flour at all! These biscuits are gluten free, keto and low carb.

Directions:

In a large bowl, whisk together almond flour, salt, baking powder, garlic powder and onion powder.

In a small bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, butter. Whisk until smooth. Pour into large bowl with dry ingredients.

Mix with a whisk or spoon until batter is evenly mixed. It will be quite thick. Stir in cheese.

Scoop ¼ cup of batter and place into muffin mold. The batter is sticky so you will likely need to use a spatula to scrape and remove all the batter from the measuring cup. Repeat until all batter is used up

Bake biscuits about 10-11 minutes or until tops are golden and toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Allow biscuits to cool slightly before eating.

Notes:

It’s best to bake these in a muffin pan because the batter is very liquid and will spread out too much if you try to bake them free form on a baking sheet.

The key to the tender and fluffy texture is the use of full fat sour cream However, if you don’t have any sour cream in the house, you can also use cream cheese or plain greek yogurt. See above post for more details regarding these two substitutions.

The recipe today is for savory cheese biscuits. But you can easily make variations by adding herbs (rosemary, chives, thyme, parsley are all great options) to the batter or swapping the cheddar cheese for a different cheese.

157 comments on “Low Carb Keto Biscuits”

I just finished baking these and they are DELICIOUS! Very savory, light and fluffy. I will definitively make them again. A plus, my 9 yr old loved them too.! I am 3 weeks into a keto lifestyle & this was the 1st recipe I tried for biscuits and this will be my go-to biscuit recipe. Thank you so much for sharing!

Hi, I’m not sure I understand your concern. You say you only got ten but as stated in the recipe box, this recipe yields 9. There’s always some leftover batter so you can stretch it to 10 but I don’t think you should be concerned that you got 10 out of the batch.

You have made my day! I never imagined having a fluffy biscuit while on Keto lifestyle. These are absolutely wonderful. Fluffy and delicious. I baked them for 20 minutes to get the tops a little crispy. These are so good. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.

I’m in heaven! Love these biscuits and I made them following the recipe to the letter. I got ten of the most scrumptious cheesy fluffy biscuits! Goes perfect with my cream of broccoli soup. Thank you from the bottom of my happy tummy. I could only eat one as they are so rich but that means I can enjoy them longer!

I made these tonight to go with chili. They were so easy to make and so good. Thank you for this keeper ! They taste great and they are beautiful! I ended up with twelve over filled mini muffins! I’m hoping they keep ok til tomorrow bc Hubby and I couldnt eat them all and Im looking forward to a repeat performance! PS I didnt have unsalted butter, so I omitted the salt in the recipe. Question: womder what would happen if you sweetened the batter? Im thinking…cuipcakes…this has a cake like texture.

The other day I felt like something a little sweeter for breakfast (which is NOT like me) but I did do a sweet version of this! I figured cheese was likely part of the binder so I used mozza (a bit bland), omitted the savoury spices, added 2 packs of Stevia, 1 cup of wild blueberries & the rind of 1 lemon. I am eating one as I speak. DELISH! Thanks so much for this versatile & delicious recipe!

Made these today, and am so very pleased with this recipe. They are absolutely delicious, and will help me stay on the Keto wagon . . . I have been missing bread/biscuits, and now won’t! Thanks so very much for this recipe.

I have a new favorite biscuit recipe! I made these for Christmas morning and they turned out great. I’m guessing they will be even better when I make them correctly, lol. My husband just opened the microwave to use it, and found the bowl with the butter I melted for it!

I guess it is safe to say it worked just fine without the butter… but I will be making them again WITH the butter!

The biscuits work best with sour cream. I have tried it with cream cheese but you need to make sure to soften and beat the cream cheese first. If you used a whipped cream cheese spread, that likely is what caused them to be a little dry

Are you by chance using baking powder that is not aluminum free? Most baking powder sold these days are aluminum free so I don’t usually specify to use aluminum free but if you are using one with aluminum, that could be the source of the slightly bitter taste since this recipe does use a full tbsp of baking powder.

So I just Made these! I messed Up and I think I put Extra batter in cause it only made 6 lol but they were big! Iv been craving biscuits this week and this made my whole day! It’s almost like red lobsters

Made these for breakfast for dinner tonight with bacon and fried eggs! I had my choice of mozzarella or Chihuahua cheese, opted for Chihuahua. I only had a 6cup muffin pan so loaded them up. Cooked for about 20 minutes and they turned out light and fluffy and delicious! Sooo yummy with my runny eggs! Thanks! I’m bookmarking this one!

Thank you! These are delicious. I didn’t add any garlic or onion seasoning,, I wanted them plain, and I’m so happy it tastes wonderful with tons of butter! Chili is going to be sooo much better!! and soup!!

I’m a bit of a cooking/baking novice…mines came out a bit wet in the centre. I ended up leaving them in torn 35 mins to cook in the middle but it was still moist. I used Philadelphia cream cheese instead of sour cream, and I made 12 portions as I didn’t want them to be too big. Any advice for an amateur? Thanks

These are great! Second time I made them I wanted to try a sweet version. I used mozzarella instead of cheddar and left the spices out. I split the batter in half and seasoned half as savory. To the other half I added about half teaspoon vanilla and two tbls lakanto sweetener. SO GOOD and very much like a vanilla cupcake. I’m definitely making these for a birthday party soon 🙂

Great recipe! I added 1/4c jarred diced jalapenos and made 11 smaller biscuits (afraid of overfilling). They came out so moist and fluffy. I will definitely be making these again. Thank you for sharing!

Wow. This was one of those days where I just knew I would end up “cheating” because wanted some kind of bread or biscuit so much—found this recipe—it’s unreal! Went a little shy on the salt and added a few shakes of Parmesan and some dried chives. So tasty and flavorful and just the texture you’d expect from drop biscuits. Saved my diet today! Also looking forward to making when have diabetic friends for dinner who can’t eat carb heavy. Thank you!

Made these today. Total of 11. Trial run for Saturday dinner party, gourmet club with an Irish theme. So, full carb soda bread and for us low Carbers these marvelous biscuits. Followed directions but added some dry dill. Topped the muffins with an egg cream wash and sprinkled flaky salt and fresh ground pepper. On the menu! Thank you!

Made these today. Total of 11. Trial run for Saturday dinner party, gourmet club with an Irish theme. So, full carb soda bread and for us low Carbers these marvelous biscuits. Followed directions but added some dry dill. Topped the muffins with an egg cream wash and sprinkled flaky salt and fresh ground pepper. On the menu! Thank you!

OMG these were the best, we loved them! I made 8, and they were large, filling and so delicious. Served with pumpkin and sausage soup. The leftovers we had for breakfast. Heated up wonderfully. Thanks so much for this recipe! May I ask, have you converted this recipe (or can you) for a sweet cupcake? This is truly the best savory, almond flour and low carb muffin I’ve had. I would love to know if you have a similar recipe for sweet? Thank you again!

These were great! The second time I made them, I substituted 1/2 cup of the almond flour for oat fiber and no one could even tell they were low carb! The texture was so light and fluffy with the substitution! I used a mini cupcake pan and it made 21 biscuits. Baked for 9 minutes and they were perfect!

Made these last minute to go with our “breakfast” for dinner. Omitted the garlic and onion since I was making sausage gravy and they were amazing!! Can’t wait to add in different spices and enjoy these soft fluffy biscuits again.

This biscuit recipe is a family favorite! We like them with sausage gravy on top. A couple things I did that made them especially “fluffy” were to sift the dry ingredients and beat the eggs until very airy and beat some more after the sour cream and butter are added. Get that wet mixture nice and airy! Then gently fold the dry, wet and cheese together just until mixed. I also bake in a toaster oven at 350 degrees so they don’t overbrown before being cooked all the way through. Fantastic Keto taste!!

Coconut flour and almond flour are not interchangeable which is why your batter didn’t work. Coconut flour is highly absorbent. If this recipe is made with coconut flour, it would only need a few tablespoons of coconut flour and you would also need to adjust the amount of liquid as well. This is why your batter came out so dry and crumbly. As a general rule, when trying to sub with coconut flour: 1/4 cup of coconut flour + 1 extra egg to replace 1 cup of almond flour. However, I have not tested the recipe with coconut flour so I can’t vouch that that ratio will work for this recipe. Using coconut flour will also change the texture and taste of the biscuits. It can be done, but I prefer how the almond flour batter tastes.

My first keto biscuit and probably my last…no need to try and improve on perfection. Can’t stop eating them. I’ve tried some keto breads and have been disappointed but these are light and fluffy. I’m going to make a big batch and freeze them.

I made this recipe exactly as written. So good. However, it was more like a muffin than a biscuit. Didn’t matter because I liked the taste, size, and everything. As soon as I sat down to eat I thought to put a small amount of butter on it. Better, better, better :). I found your website through google. Will try more of your recipes. The avocado soup is next.